: an automotive vehicle equipped with firefighting apparatus
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The runway where two pilots died in a collision between a jet and a fire truck reopened Thursday morning at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, which had been operating at limited capacity all week as investigators examined the wreckage and work crews cleaned up debris.—Philip Marcelo, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026 The close call occurred two days after a regional Air Canada jet collided into a Port Authority fire truck shortly after landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing two pilots and injuring dozens of people.—Clara McMichael, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026 Although parked legally, the cars made the route impassable for school buses, plow trucks, fire trucks or ambulances.—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026 An Air Canada Express CRJ-900 that collided with a Port Authority fire truck at LaGuardia Airport sits on the runway Tuesday.—Patrick Smith, NBC news, 26 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fire truck